Ubaid-Allah ibn Nabhan sent against Daibul by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, v5.p7
Death of, v5.p7
Ubaid-Allah ibn Ziyad appoints Ibn Harri al-Bahali to frontier of Hind, v5.p5
Ubra (Ravi), a river of Northern India, crossed by Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p65
Ucch, city of the Panjab, unsuccessfully besieged by the Mongols, v3.p82
Subject to Delhi, v3.p143
Uchh
Besieged by Mangu Khan, v5.p114
Capitulates to Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p100
Shams-ad-din Altamish in camp at, v5.p99
Siege of, raised, v5.p115
Udai Singh, a raja, v4.p17
Udaipur, a city, v4.p18, v4.p23, v4.p148
Rana of, v4.p81, v4.p160, v4.p216, v4.p217
Rajputs of, defeated by Shah Jahan, v4.p83
Ravaged by the Moghuls, v4.p149
Udaipuri, a wife of Aurangzib, v4.p138, v4.p169, v4.p172
Udaya, king, v2.p36
Udgatris, Vedic priests, duties of, v1.p87
Udhita, raja, v2.p316
Ugrasena, Pallava king of Palakka, v2.p385, v2.p386
Ugraseua, father of Yudhamsraushti, v1.p132
Uigur, horde, v2.p323
Ujjain, a city in Central India, v3.p76
Abandoned as a capital by the Khaljis of Malwa, v3.p181
Ujjain, a historic city of India, v4.p194, v4.p195
Ujjain, capital of Malwa, v2.p24, v2.p144
Capital of Chashtana, v2.p193
Ujjain
Entered by officers of Junaid ibn Abd-ar-Rahman al-Marri, v5.p17
Captured, and temple of Maha-kal destroyed, by Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p101
Ulugh Khan (afterwards Sultan Balban)
A brother of Ala-ad-din, v3.p102
Accompanies Nasir-ad-din to Delhi, v5.p126
Accompanies Turks from Delhi to Hindustan and returns to Delhi in their army, v5.p112
Animosity of chiefs against, v5.pp120–121
Appointed lord chamberlain in 1243 A.D., v5.p114
Army of, marches to Delhi, v5.p127
Army of, reaches Lahore, v5.p115
Belongs to the stock of the Khakans of Albari, v5.p111
Captures Dalaki-wa-Malaki, v5.pp118–119
Chastises the rebels of Jalali, Dewali, and the Mawas, v5.p114
Chief huntsman under Raziya, v5.p113
Completely routs infidels under Malka, v5.pp137–138
Defeats Bahar Deo, v5.p122
Defeats Jakir of Ijari, v5.p120
Devotion of, to Nasir-ad-din, v5.p110
Fame of victorious campaign of, in Jud and along the Jihlam, extends to Turkistan, v5.pp117–118
Generalship of, quells rebellion in the upper districts, v5.p118
Goes to Hansi and recruits an army in fourteen days, v5.p127
Imprisoned, v5.p112
Is joined by chiefs dissatisfied with Nasir-ad-din and marches against Delhi, v5.pp123–124
Is unable to obtain fodder and returns to the royal camp, v5.pp117–118
Leads army from Nagor in the direction of Rantambhor, Hindi, and Chitor, v5.pp121–122
Letters of, fall into hands of besiegers, v5.p115
Long marches of army of, v5.p115
Made lieutenant of the government, army, and royal fortune, v5.p120
Makes a second successful campaign against survivors of Malka’s followers, v5.p140
Marches to defend Uchh, v5.pp114–115
Marches to the river Sodra (Chinab) and thence back to Delhi, v5.p116
Master of horse under Muizz-ad-din Bahram Shah, v5.p113
Originally a purchased slave, v5.p110
Prince Jauna known as, v3.p129
Promoted to office of khan, v5.p120
Purchased by Khwaja Jamal-ad-din Basri, v5.p111
Purchased by Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.pp111–112
Pursues Katlagh Khan and the rebellious chiefs, v5.pp128–129
Reaches Oudh in 1256 A.D., v5.p128
Real power behind the throne of Nasir-ad-din, v5.p110
Receives a grant of the lands of Riwari, v5.p113
Receives grant of Hansi, v5.p113
Receives the title of Balban, v3.p82
Reconciliation of, with Nasir-ad-din, v5.p126
Rejoins Nasir-ad-din’s army at Kasmandi, v5.p129
Removed to Nagor, v5.p121
Resolves upon a campaign against the hill outlaws under Malka, v5.p134, v5.p137
Return of, regarded as a happy omen, v5.p126
Second expedition of, to the river Sodra, v5.p117
Sent into the hills of Jud and the countries on the Jihlam, v5.p117
Sent to his estates at Hansi, v5.p121
Sent to oppose Dalaki-wa-Malaki, v5.p118
Sent to put down rumoured rebellion of Arslan Khan Sanjar and Kalij Khan Mas’ud Khani, v5.p133
Succeeds Nasir-ad-din as emperor and reigns twenty years, v5.p110
Suppresses revolt of Katlagh Khan and Malik Balban Kishlu Khan, v5.pp130–132
Victorious at Rantambhor, v5.p119
Victorious at Uchh, v5.p116
Uma Haimavati, a female theologian, v1.p170
Umbeyla campaign, v8.pp431–432
United Dutch Company, a national force in Holland, v7.p63
United East India Company
Committee (or Council) of Seventeen of the, v7.p61
Directly supervised by the Dutch government, v7.pp61–62
Founded by Dutch in 1602, v7.p61
Joint directorate of the, v7.p61
United Joint Stock
Buys up factories, forts, etc., of the Old Company, v7.p285
Capitalization of, v7.p285
Charter of, authorized by the government on February 10, 1657, v7.p282
Contents of the charter of, v7.p282
Dividends of, paid in cash, v7.p286
Original charter of, lost, v7.p282
Periodical settlements of, v7.pp284–285
Provides safeguards for its own monopoly, v7.p286
Purchases Fort Comantine, v7.p289
Recommended by the Council of State, v7.pp281–282
Re-establishes the Old Company’s settlements in the East, v7.p289
Resolves to fortify St. Helena, v7.p289
Resolves to unite Guinea and Indian trade, v7.pp284–285
Struggle of, to obtain money, v7.pp267–268
Subscription rates and rules governing, v7.p285
Takes properties of individual adventurers in India at a valuation, v7.p285
Unable to cope with existing conditions, v7.pp268–269
Universal soul, doctrine of, in the Upanishads, v1.pp172–176
Unsuri (Ansari), Persian poet, v3.p32
Upagupta, teacher of Asoka, v2.p136, v2.p172
Upali, convert to Buddhism, v1.pp293–295
Upanishads, v1.p172
Basic concept of, v1.p275
Compilation of, v1.p85
Contain religious speculations of the warrior caste, v1.p114
Continued by Vedanta philosophy, v1.p271
Doctrines of, v1.p172
Number and enumeration of principal, v1.p95
Pantheism in, v1.p173
Passage of Schopenhauer on, v1.p183
Upper India yields fine cotton fabrics, dyes, and indigo, v7.p201
Uraiyur, ancient Chola capital, v2.p166, v2.p372
Urdu, an Indian dialect, v4.p30
Uruvela, place of Buddha’s residence for six years, v1.p289
Ushas, goddess of dawn, v1.p75
Hymn to, in the Rig-Veda, v1.pp76–76
Ushkur = Hushkapura, v2.p241
Ustad Ali
At the battle of Sikri, v3.p213
At the battle of the Gogra, v3.p218, v3.p219
Fires a cannon sixteen times in one day at a battle near Kanauj, v3.p216
Master gunner in army of Babar, at the battle of Panipat, v3.p207
Utbi, Al-, Arab historian and secretary to Mahmud, v3.p31
Utbi, Arab historian and secretary to Sultan Mahmud, selections from work of, v5.pp35–76
Utensils, household, v9.p152
Utrecht, peace of, in 1713, v8.p41
Uttara Kurus, v1.p98
Uttaramanasa, a sacred pond, v9.p191
Uzain, see Ujjain.
Uzbeg tribes, hostile to Babar, v3.p203
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage